Doña Herlinda and Her Son
From the land of the margarita, the taco and the macho
A warm, comedic exploration of a mother's unconventional love for her son, navigating desire, duty, and social convention with wit and affection.
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
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